Re: [9fans] An Important Node

2010-05-05 Thread Akshat Kumar
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 5:08 AM, wrote: >> ... and that's all she wrote. > > Hm, you also added an entry for officejet5610 in /sys/lib/lp/devices, > I presume, as I have nonesuch.  But that's to be expected. Yes, I had to do a fair bit of work to get my OfficeJet 5610 working with Plan 9. That to

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Jonas Amoson
I have used a Contour Mouse daily for over ten years, without it failing me once. It is the old model with a ball, and has a converter from RS-232 to PS/2. They are a bit pricey, but you can get them in different sizes; mine is "Large" and designed for left hand operation. The keys are mirrored in

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Stan Barr
On Wed, 5 May 2010 05:08:51 GMT, Akshat Kumar wrote: > There is no better supplier of true > 3-button mice than Uriel. > > I use his Logitech 3-button mouse. > > > Best, > ak > > P.S.: Considering air fare, I think there > is a fair bit of price inflation going on > here. Definitely not a bargain

Re: [9fans] lguest back again

2010-05-05 Thread David Leimbach
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:37 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:58 AM, David Leimbach wrote: > > is lguest the "winning" linux kernel technology of it's category today? > > It really depends on what you want. For us, and what we need, lguest wins. > > See this paper to see why. >

[9fans] plan9 lpt1

2010-05-05 Thread Steve Simon
It did work for me some years ago, however I no longer have a parallel printer, sorry. -Steve

Re: [9fans] off-topic: Comparing genomes to computer operating systems

2010-05-05 Thread Jorden M
>From the graph on page 2, Linux has a lot of middle management going on.

Re: [9fans] An Important Node

2010-05-05 Thread lucio
> ... and that's all she wrote. Hm, you also added an entry for officejet5610 in /sys/lib/lp/devices, I presume, as I have nonesuch. But that's to be expected. What I find ultimately disappoining is that I can't get the parallel port on my server to behave in any reasonable way. The man pages s

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
Not quite what's asked for, but with my motor control issues I really shouldn't be able to chord at all, but most days I can with an odd little labtec mini-mouse. http://www.labtec.com/index.cfm/gear/details/EUR/EN,crid=29,contentid=756 It's about £10-£12: http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_d

Re: [9fans] New user

2010-05-05 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On 4 May 2010, at 13:53, erik quanstrom wrote: cd /sys/man; mk indices ty but mk fails with: mkindex: '/bin/mkindex' file does not exist is your path not (. /bin)? It was not. Fixed now. A long time since I took . out of path, I'd quite forgotten. - erik -- Simplicity does not pr

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Stuart Morrow
Perfit mouse. I've never used one or anything, but it's what the thread asks for. http://www.contourdesign.com/ stuart

Re: [9fans] An Important Node

2010-05-05 Thread lucio
> Add Local Printer -> Create New Port (or some such) > with Type of Port: Standard TCP/IP I'm way out of touch. I never even thought of looking for such a feature! ++L

Re: [9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread EBo
"Fco. J. Ballesteros" said: > > It's a click on the wheel, *but*, unlike others I tried, > it feels to me very much like an actual button. That is, > the wheel does not spin or feel like spinning when you click. > > I'm talking about the logitech dinovo cordless. you might also want to take a

[9fans] 3-button mouse

2010-05-05 Thread Fco. J. Ballesteros
It's a click on the wheel, *but*, unlike others I tried, it feels to me very much like an actual button. That is, the wheel does not spin or feel like spinning when you click. I'm talking about the logitech dinovo cordless. > Are there others? For the purposes of this thread, let's say > that mi

Re: [9fans] An Important Node

2010-05-05 Thread Akshat Kumar
I've setup Windows 7 and Windows XP to do this. For XP: Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes -> Add Printer Add Local Printer -> Create New Port (or some such) with Type of Port: Standard TCP/IP fill in IP and port information, using RAW type of data. Upon choosing a printer from the provided list,